diff --git a/test-kitchen.gemspec b/test-kitchen.gemspec
index 107bc16b5..61bc72ab0 100644
--- a/test-kitchen.gemspec
+++ b/test-kitchen.gemspec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
 
   gem.add_dependency "mixlib-shellout",    ">= 1.2", "< 4.0"
   gem.add_dependency "net-scp",            ">= 1.1", "< 4.0" # pinning until we can confirm 4+ works
-  gem.add_dependency "net-ssh",            ">= 2.9", "< 7.0" # pinning until we can confirm 7+ works
+  gem.add_dependency "net-ssh",            ">= 2.9", "< 8.0" # pinning until we can confirm 8+ works
   gem.add_dependency "net-ssh-gateway",    ">= 1.2", "< 3.0" # pinning until we can confirm 3+ works
   gem.add_dependency "ed25519",            "~> 1.2" # ed25519 ssh key support
   gem.add_dependency "bcrypt_pbkdf",       "~> 1.0" # ed25519 ssh key support